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Your complete office in the cloud Strengthening society with a strong email solution at ISKCON

Case Study: Office 365 - Iskcon Bangalore

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Microsoft Office 365 helped ISKCON Bangalore adopt a sophisticated messaging solution on the cloud with Exchange Online and reduced its operating costs by 50%. The organization wanted to upgrade its existing on-premise email solution to accommodate its growing number of users. It wanted to take advantage of sophisticated messaging capabilities without the operational burden of an on-premise server. ISKCON Bangalore could enhance the productivity and efficiency of its 600+ volunteers thanks to close to 100% uptime from Microsoft Office 365. Call toll-free: 1800-102-1100 or write to us at [email protected] if you’re interested in giving your business the cloud advantage with Office 365.

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Your complete office in the cloud.

Strengthening society with a strong email solution at ISKCON

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Religious institutions today are adopting cutting edge technology to stay relevant with…

A younger more mobile audience

Newer ways of reaching donors

Innovative ways to capture attention

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ISKCON Bangalore began its journey back in 1978.

Source: http://vnn.org/vaisnava-news/mediation-between-iskcon-bangalore-iskcon-mumbai/

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With an aim to promote prosperity and harmony.

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And as ISKCON Bangalore grew, so did the people working for its cause…

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So to keep everyone connected, email access was essential.

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The IT team started with a simple server installed on their campus…

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Which could handle about 300 users…

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But with roughly 600 volunteers now online, they found the need to ramp up…

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Because of frequent break downs in the server due to the extra load

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Lack of connectivity

No way to bring new volunteers online

Delay in getting projects started

Resulting in…

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“Sometimes users had to wait for hours for the problem to be resolved so they could access email. This increased the downtime to as much as 25%”Ayyappa Dasika IT Project Manager

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ISKCON Bangalore decided to adopt Exchange Online and move mail to the Cloud.

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And just like that, in less than 2 days they were back online and connected.

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With all 600 volunteers connected and the freedom to add more without fear

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Today, ISKCON Bangalore can do more because of reliability in their email messaging…

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Like saving up to Rs.140 per user because of their Cloud based model

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Save time due to 100% uptime and reduced administration…

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And scale up easily whenever the need arises for it.

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Making sure that the good work never stops.

Source: http://back2godhead.com/to-understand-his-greatness/

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“The cloud-based email and rapid provisioning enable the team to focus on more important IT issues instead of managing the IT infrastructure. It assures a high-level of security, access, and privacy.”Amitasana DasaVice President, ISKCON

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Read in detail about ISKCON Bangalore’s storyHere

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